The value of internet renown is hard to appraise , but a raw move filed by the owners of the animal star known as Grumpy Cat seeks to do just that . In it , the holders of the “ GRUMPY CAT ” trademark have inquire a court totriple a requested $ 600,000 awardover say copyright infringement of a goddamn Arabian tea .
The origin of the difference of opinion is a licensing softwood Grumpy Cat Limited entered back in 2013 with Grenade Beverage to sell “ Grumppuccino”-branded iced coffee . According to the lawsuit , the California drink company subsequently went rogue . From Venture Beat :
However , Grenade allegedly went beyond that agreement and started selling Grumpy Cat Roasted Coffee . In add-on , Grumpy Cat take that Grenade fail to furnish an accounting of sales event and profits and failed to pay a percentage of Grumppuccino profits , as well as sell unauthorised Grumppuccino T - shirts .
Grumpy Cat says it is owe $ 150,000 for four usurpation and added that the amount should be triple , under law for copyright intrusion . In addition , the company wants all profits from Grumpy Cat - pertain products that were sell by Grenade , plus $ 15,000 in legal fee .
utter to Mashable last year , defendant Paul Sandford said that Grumpy Cat Limited ’s ailment did n’t offer “ a single fact ” in its grounds of legal action . With that in mind , here are three facts that all parties affect ought to weigh :
In a just world , the right wing to a cat ’s show would only belong to that animal and God himself .
With permit or without , expand the spreading of Grumpy Cat merchandise should be a jailable offense .
Anyone who buys coffee because they wish a Caterpillar from online has no business consuming any sort of stimulant .
In the close , there ’s really only one innocent here : The cat herself , who — like us — never asked for any of this .
[ TorrentFreak ]
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